Medical Specialist
Diagnostics
Nervous System
Prefixes
Suffixes
100

A specialist that delivers babies.


Gynecologist

100

What is the skin or external covering of the body called?

What is the integument?

100

What conduct impulses either to or from the nervous system?

What are neurons?

100

What is the prefix epi?

What is above?

100

What is the suffix for the motor?

What is mover, pertaining to motion?

200

A specialist that performs eye surgeries

Orthromologist

200

 What is the thin outer layer of the skin?

What is the epidermis?


200

What transmits impulses to the cell body?

What are Dendrites?

200

What is the prefix sub?

What is below?

200

What is the suffix mania means?

What is excessive preoccupation?

300

What is a specialist that examines the patient for skin cancer?

What is a dermatologist?

300

What is any visible, localized skin abnormality, such as a wound, rash, or sore?

What is a skin lesion?

300

What are Many axons that are surrounded by a white fatty covering called?

What is a myelin sheath?

300

What is the prefix adip/o?

What is fat?

300

What does the suffix -phagia mean?

What is eating?

400

Who uses the benefits of heat and the buoyancy of water to reduce the stress on joints and assist in the healing and strengthening of muscles in stroke survivors, persons with osteoarthritis, and those recovering from shoulder, hip, or knee replacement?

What is Aquatic physical therapy (aqua therapy) or pool therapy?

400

What is the excessive overgrowth of unsightly scar tissue called?

What a keloid?

400

What is the outermost layer of the axon called?

What is the neurilemma (or neurolemma)?

400

What is the prefix scler/o?

What is hard?

400

What is the suffix -phasia mean?

What is speech?

500

What is (EEG)?

What is electroencephalography?

500

What does the mnemonic DERMA stand for?

What is 

• D vitamin synthesis
• Elimination of wastes through perspiration
• Regulation of body temperature through perspiration
• Makes information about the environment available to the brain
• Acts as a barrier to moisture loss, harmful light rays and invasion of microbes

500

What does the central nervous system consist of?

What are the brain and spinal cord, both encased in bone—the skull (or cranium), and the spinal column, respectively?

500

What is the prefix pil/o?

What is hair?

500

What is the suffix -lepsy mean?

What is a seizure?